President Trump will meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House on Wednesday, with the billionaire born in South Africa Elon Musk present, for a critical conversation in the midst of tensions between the United States and South Africa.
A White House official confirmed that Musk will join the meeting With the two world leaders, since Trump echoes Musk’s statement that the genocide is committing against white Afrikaners.
USA. accepted 59 Blancos Afrikaners last week, granting the subject status as refugees. Trump has repeatedly said that white farmers in South Africa have been objective or “genocide”, an accusation that South Africa has rejected, and insists that South Africa is “out of control.”
The South African government denies that white Afrikaners have faced racial discrimination. And Ramaphosa has considered “cowardly” individuals to reap
Ramaphosa’s office said the White House meeting, which will begin at 11:30 am et, will offer a “platform to restore the strategic relationship between the two countries.” Mr. Trump has raised new Duty In South Africa, since it has virtualy anywhere else.
Afrikaner are the White South Africans of Dutch descent who have lived in South Africa for four centuries. In addition to English, Afrikaners have their own language, Afrikaans, which has its roots in Dutch and is one of the 12 official or South Africa languages.
The accelerated process for Afrikaners occurs when the Trump administration is working to suspend the refugee intake program, attracting multiple judicial challenges.
In a tense duration of exchange, an audience about Capitol Hill on Tuesday on budgetary matters, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine de Virginia asked the Secretary of State Framework Rubio if the Afrikaner are more persecuted than the Uigures or the Rohingyas, or the dissidents in Cuba, Venezuela or Nicaragua, or that those who pass through the Thread.
Kaine suggested that the Trump administration is giving preference to Afrikaners due to the color of her skin, and asked Rubio why the United States should prioritize Afrikaners. Rubio said Afrikaners are a “small subset.”
“It’s a new problem,” said Rubio. “And the president identified him as a problem and wanted to use an example. But that is different from having thesis refugee programs that basically spent money to put people in the communities and the issue of accommodation, and was acting as a magnet.”
“Let me challenge you, and I will only say that the public, if you want to understand about the appointment, persecution or Afrikaner farmers, see the composition of the South African government,” Kaine replied. “Since July of 2024, There’s a Government of National Unity. And the opposition party today – The anc – The Afrikaner Party, The Democracy Alliance, is part of the governing coalition. They Joined The Government Coalition A Year ago, and The Leader of That Party Was Given The Remit of Agriculture Minister Jan Steenhuisen, and he is the leader of the former Afrikaner party, Still Widely Representing Afrikaners is the Minister of Agriculture in South Africa Right now.
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